postulate

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

transitive v. To make claim for; demand.

transitive v. To assume or assert the truth, reality, or necessity of, especially as a basis of an argument.

transitive v. To assume as a premise or axiom; take for granted. See Synonyms at presume.

n. Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument: "the postulate that there is little moral difference between the superpowers” ( Henry A. Kissinger).

n. A fundamental element; a basic principle.

n. Mathematics An axiom.

n. A requirement; a prerequisite.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument.

n. A fundamental element; a basic principle.

n. An axiom.

n. A requirement; a prerequisite.

v. To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.

v. (Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.

v. (obsolete) To request, demand or claim for oneself.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Postulated.

n. Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.

n. The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.

transitive v. To beg, or assume without proof.

transitive v. To take without express consent; to assume.

transitive v. To invite earnestly; to solicit.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To invite; solicit; require by entreaty. See def. 3.

To assume without proof; lay down as something which has to be assumed, although it cannot be proved; take for granted.

In ecclesiastical law, to ask legitimate ecclesiastical authority to admit (a nominee) by dispensation, when a canonical impediment is supposed to exist. Lee, Glossary.

To make postulates or demands; urge a suit.

Postulated; assumed.

n. A petition; a suit; solicitation.

n. A proposition proposed for acceptance without proof; something taken for granted; an assumption.

n. A self-evident practical proposition, to the effect that something is possible: opposed to an axiom, as a self-evident proposition that something is impossible.

It is fair to postulate from the comparison that romantic fantasies for both men and women often involve someone "ordinary" of the intended audience's own sex having a romance with someone "extraordinary" of the opposite sex.

We recognized the first main postulate of what was to become the binding change mechanism for ATP synthesis, namely that energy input was not used primarily to form the ATP molecule, but to promote the release of an already formed and tightly bound ATP.

I still have a long way to go, but I believe that an understanding of how people make choices; under what conditions the rationality postulate is a useful tool; and how individuals make choices under conditions of uncertainty and ambiguity are fundamental questions that we must address in order to make further progress in the social sciences.

But it must be taken into consideration that the above postulate is itself a product of Western race-egotism, urged by our belief in our own righteousness and fostered by a faith in ourselves which may be as erroneous as are most fond race fancies.